2011-02-26

Adaptron Test Run – 1 - Date: 26th Feb 2011

This is test case #20. It has two senses with A repeating on sense #2. Sense #1 is a kinesthetic input of whatever is the previous response. At this point the A has been attended to because it was the biggest changed stimulus (actually the last sense on the list with no changes on any senses because the b on sense #1 was expected by the A-Habit). This strategy is obviously wrong. It should have attended to the b on sense #1. It’s executing an A-Habit expecting the sequence b,/ and this sequence is interesting. So the A-habit would be the one being concentrated on if I used this concept. Do I need to reintroduce the concentration concept? That is, an A-Habit being done at an appropriate level of interest based on the interest in its goal. Thus attention would be paid to its expected stimulus (or part of it) even though its change has been neutralized.

When I start using parallel action habits to disregard repetitive background stimuli these have to be started at the same time as the A-Habits that have the purpose (interesting goal). They are ones that loop and have only recognition as their response part. They would not be started with any concentration level. Is the ‘A’ a candidate for such a habit? Not until it is attended to can a recognition A-Habit such as this be setup. And this can only happen if the stimulus on Sense #2 changes, which it doesn’t.